NCJ Number
38146
Date Published
1975
Length
296 pages
Annotation
A WEST GERMAN JOURNALIST DRAWS ON HIS EXPERIENCE COVERING WELL-KNOWN AND OBSCURE CRIMINAL CASES IN AND OUT OF WEST GERMANY TO CRITICIZE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS AS IRRATIONAL, ARBITRARY, AND UNFAIR TO MANY SOCIAL GROUPS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS THEMSELVES PERPETUATE PATTERNS OF DIVISIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. HE SEES CRIMINAL COURT DECISIONS AS FREQUENTLY BEING INEFFECTIVE, HYPOCRITICAL, AND BASED ON SOCIAL CLASS. DISCUSSED ARE CASES OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATION, WAR CRIMES, AND MURDER, AS WELL AS TRAFFIC OFFENSES. --IN GERMAN